Only one exciting VC game for the US today, but it doesn't matter too much - Super Mario Galaxy is out in the US today!

This week's great game is Axelay. One of the SNES's finest shmups (And one of the most loved ones of all time!). It has very unique 3D-esque effects which give it a unique style almost no other game has copied. This one's worth checking out if you like the genre! Whether you like vertical or horizontal shmups more, it doesn't matter - This game's got both styles!

It had to come sometime - Volleyball for the NES is often forgotten when people talk about the Nintendo-made NES sports games, and for good reason - It's easily one of the worst, with even more shallow gameplay than the others (If you can imagine that!).

Today's final game isn't very good either. Blue's Journey has good graphics and a nice soundtrack, but the gameplay fails to deliver. There's so much great platformers on VC already, you'd be hard pressed to pick this over them!

One great game on VC, but do you really care that much? Super Mario Galaxy!

On a side note, you might've already seen your Wii flashing blue - Yes, the Check Mii Out Channel (Now called Mii Contest Channel outside the US) has launched worldwide. In it you can submit Miis and let other people around the world rate them. You can also participate in contests and the like. Of course, it's totally free! Get it in the Wii Ware (Wii Software in EU/AU) section of the Wii Shop.

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User Comments (32)

What does Galaxy have to do with this?! Yeah, it looks like it is going to be a great game and I'm going to pick it up later today, but that's still no excuse for this week's VC lineup to be disappointing. They could have released Mario RPG, Mega Man or TMNT 2 alongside those games.

Axelay is worth buying for the awesome music alone even if you don't much like shooting games. Blue's Journey was an obvious addition and yeah, Volleyball had to come sometime. An extra NES game (say Megaman) would have been nice - Volleyball is pretty much a non-entity. Not long to go for Mario Galaxy. Just discovered my sensor bar is broken so now I have to make my own using lights.

u should be happy that you got both super metroid and metroid prime 3 two month before europe and that got both super mario 3 and super mario galaxy before europe and is now still complaining for no good games i mean isn`t super mario galaxy enough for now?!!!

Axelay already and, as people have also said, Galaxy too - I wish people would stop complaining so much. If you don't like what's been released, you don't have to buy it.. how's about just playing the games you already have??

Seriously, what's up with all the people saying "lame week" when they haven't even heard of all the games that are released before. No one who's played Axelay would ever call it lame - this is a must buy.

Lame... as usual. Glad I just got LEGO Star Wars for the Wii. And still haven't gotten bored with SIN AND PUNISHMENT YAY! Jeez, how about all the real classic games Nintendo? Give us a break with all the fringe games. If this keeps up, I expect to see nonsense like Bubble Bath Babes before the real games start showing up...